Jury in rugby rape trial visit home of Paddy Jackson where alleged crimes took place

The jury in the trial of two rugby players accused of raping the same woman at an after-party in the home of one of the accused has visited the scene of the alleged crimes. Paddy Jackson (26) of Oakleigh Park, Belfast and Stuart Olding (24) from Ardenlee Street, Belfast are each charged with one count of rape in relation to the same woman at a property in south Belfast on June 28 2016. Stuart Olding Both deny the charges. Mr Jackson denies a further charge of sexual assault. Two other men are facing charges regarding the same incident.

Paddy Jackson denied that ' threesome ' took place morning after alleged incident , court hears . 12 minutes ago 2,160 Views No Comments. A number of women who attended the party in Jackson ’s home today took the stand at his and Stuart Olding’s trial in Belfast.

1. #RUGBY TRIAL: Ireland rugby player Paddy Jackson denied threesome took place the morning after alleged incident , a court heard today. Rugby rape case: Alleged victim denies she 'had sex with a number of men' after going to home uninvited.

Today is the fourth day that she has been in the witness box.As she spent her fourth day in the witness box at Belfast Crown Court, the 21-year-old student said the kiss wasn’t “that passionate” and ended when Jackson “start[ed] to undo my trousers”.

Paddy Jackson , Oakleigh Park, Belfast, is charged with rape and sexual assault while Stuart Olding, Ardenlee Street, Belfast is charged with two counts of rape in relation to an alleged incident on 28 June 2016. The players did not appear in court this morning .

Arthur Harvey QC, representing Blane McIlroy – who denies a charge of exposure, told the court : “Your memory of the incident is either clouded by drink or Earlier, the complainant was quizzed about the moment McIlroy entered Paddy Jackson ’s bedroom, where the attack is alleged to have happened.

She said that after vomiting at the party, she went to bed. She also confirmed that nothing physical occurred between herself and Olding, as she didn’t know he was lying beside her until she woke up at around 9am.

Witness tells court that she is '100pc' positive she saw Paddy Jackson have sex with alleged rape victim

Witness tells court that she is '100pc' positive she saw Paddy Jackson have sex with alleged rape victim“You were asked if you saw any signs of her not consenting,” Toby Hedworth QC asked the woman who had opened the bedroom door and seen what she described as “a threesome”.

Paddy Jackson denies raping a woman in June 2016 (Niall Carson/PA). Three other men are also charged in connection with the incident in June 2016. In a text to a friend the morning after the alleged rape, the woman described the girls’ behaviour as “slutty”, the court heard .

A woman who has accused Ireland and Ulster rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding of rape has told a court she “froze” when the alleged sexual assault took place .

When asked about the party she attended, she described it as “all quite innocent fun”. Telling the court she had never met the woman who also attended the party and who claimed she was raped that night by Jackson and Olding, she described her as “quite nice … quiet”.

Also giving evidence earlier in the day was another young woman who attended the party with her two friends.

This witness said she went upstairs with a third woman to look for their friend so they could all go home.

She said that as she and her friend were walking up the stairs to look for their other friend “we could hear some type of noises coming from a room”. She said her friend opened the door then closed it again after a few seconds.

When asked what her friend saw in the bedroom, the witness said “she said in a joking way ‘Oh my God, I have just seen a threesome’”.

Paddy Jackson pictured before this morning ’s hearing . She claims she was left with injuries following the alleged incident . Ulster players Jackson , 26, Stuart Olding, 24, Rory Harrison, 25, and 26-year old Blane McIlroy are on trial charged in connection with alleged events at Jackson ’s

After leaving the nightclub the woman went to an after -party at Jackson 's home, where the alleged rape occurred. The court also heard how the woman was concerned that photographs may have been taken of her during the alleged assault.

When asked to elaborate, she said her friend told her it involved Jackson, Olding and the woman at the centre of the claims. The witness added: “She (her friend) said Paddy had joked about joining in.”

When she was asked by Jackson’s barrister, Brendan Kelly QC, that when they went back down the stairs “did you have any concern as to what was going on in that bedroom?” the woman replied “no”.

She was also asked about leaving her friend in the house overnight. She said that after looking for their friend, the two women went back downstairs and called a taxi.

She was asked if they had “any concern” about leaving their friend in the house, to which she replied: “No, we felt safe the whole time”. And when asked if she “feared” for her friend’s safety, she said “no, definitely not”.

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'Are you calling me delusional?': tense court exchanges as student in rape case on stand for eighth day .
'I'm not going to argue with you over grammar. You're not putting words in my mouth," the young woman told the lawyer, very deliberately and with no small amount of heat. It was the closest point she had come to snapping during the entire seven long days of her cross-examination and her eight days altogether in the witness stand.Senior Counsel for Paddy Jackson, Stuart Olding and Rory Harrison had already extensively probed her evidence regarding her claims that she had been raped by Mr Jackson and Mr Olding.

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Paddy Jackson , Oakleigh Park, Belfast, is charged with rape and sexual assault while Stuart Olding, Ardenlee Street, Belfast is charged with two counts of rape in relation to an alleged incident on 28 June 2016. The players did not appear in court this morning .

Arthur Harvey QC, representing Blane McIlroy – who denies a charge of exposure, told the court : “Your memory of the incident is either clouded by drink or Earlier, the complainant was quizzed about the moment McIlroy entered Paddy Jackson ’s bedroom, where the attack is alleged to have happened.

Paddy Jackson denies raping a woman in June 2016 (Niall Carson/PA). Three other men are also charged in connection with the incident in June 2016. In a text to a friend the morning after the alleged rape, the woman described the girls’ behaviour as “slutty”, the court heard .

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A woman who has accused Ireland and Ulster rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding of rape has told a court she “froze” when the alleged sexual assault took place .

Paddy Jackson pictured before this morning ’s hearing . She claims she was left with injuries following the alleged incident . Ulster players Jackson , 26, Stuart Olding, 24, Rory Harrison, 25, and 26-year old Blane McIlroy are on trial charged in connection with alleged events at Jackson ’s

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